I found this while looking for a new horror manga to try, and the first chapter drew me in. It appeared to be setting up a compelling revenge story based around complex characters in a morally grey world.

My first impression was wrong. This is not horror, it's torture porn. The issue is not the violence and gore, I can enjoy that when the story calls for extreme imagery. The issue is every plot development unfolding in an incredibly contrived way to put a character in a situation where they are about to be raped or tortured. Events never unfold in a logical or interesting way, characters just teleport around to the next place where they can star in an extended torture sequence that usually takes up an entire chapter or even two before returning to the actual plot.

Strangely enough there's also an extremely out-of-place romance subplot throughout that is totally at odds with the actual plot. The only overlap of the B-plot and the revenge story is when the romantic interest finds a way to almost get raped every few chapters so the MC can come save her.

The premise is decent and the art is actually pretty good which elevates it slightly, but after the first chapter the story is a complete mess. Maybe you'll enjoy this if you're a wannabe school shooter who wants to fantasize about torturing their former bullies, or you get off on torture imagery. Otherwise steer clear.